Pope Leo XIV’s wide-ranging interview with a veteran Vatican journalist offered the world the first chance to hear the new pope speak on several hot-button issues in his own words.
Leo’s comments provide insight into how he sees his role as pope: a bridge-builder, engaging but uncontroversial, and acting as an astute administrator. The direction he proposes for the church is one where dialogue reigns supreme but doctrinal changes, for the time being, appear to be off the table.
Crux released the interview transcripts of the second of two 90-minute conversations in July with Elise Ann Allen, a journalist with the Catholic news outlet Crux, given for a biography she was preparing on the pope.
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With thanks to the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) and Justin McLellan, where this article originally appeared.
